Edward Laurence Challinor Platt
(1875-1936)

Edward Laurence Challinor Platt

Born: 7 Apr 1875, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (1): Violet Amy Alcock on 11 Apr 1907 in Berea Presbyterian Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Died: 1936, , Natal, South Africa aged 61

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Spouses/Children:

1. Violet Amy Alcock

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

Name: Platt
Date Of Birth: 07 April 1875
Gender: Male
Date Of Announcement: 09 April 1875
Notes: At Aliwal Street, Durban the wife of Mr EA Platt of a son
Collection: Birth Records
Source: The Natal Witness & Agricultural & Commercial Advertiser
Collection Name: Birth Records

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 23748/1936
PART 1
DESCRIPTION PLATT, EDWARD LAURENCE CHALLINOR. (S/S VIOLER ANY; BORN ALCOCK).
STARTING 1936
ENDING 1936
REMARKS SEE MSCE 2 181/44

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2148048304

• General Comment. I am 95% sure he is Edward Laurence Challinor Platt.

• Web Based Info. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 23748/1936
PART 1
DESCRIPTION PLATT, EDWARD LAURENCE CHALLINOR. (S/S VIOLER ANY; BORN ALCOCK).
STARTING 1936
ENDING 1936
REMARKS SEE MSCE 2 181/44.

• Occupation. Civil Servant in the Transvaal.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1518&iid=30807_A000884-00096&fn=violet+Amy&ln=Platt&st=r&ssrc=pt_t35289309_p18777674323_kpidz0q3d18777674323z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&pid=31545686

And

Department of Native Affairs in Johannesburg.
Copy of marriage cert in RAB's possesion.

And

Civil Servant.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23576-85229-26?cc=1468076

• General Comment. Copy of his mother - Trena Vosper Platt nee Henry's death notice dd 4 Sep 1920 in RAB's possession.

Edward married Violet Amy Alcock, daughter of Thomas Alcock and Keturah West, on 11 Apr 1907 in Berea Presbyterian Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Violet Amy Alcock was born on 3 Aug 1877 in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and died in 1944.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• General Comment. Copy of marriage cert in RAB's possesion.

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDC5-XSC

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11809-36463-90?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PR2:n481135513
Witnesses:-
F. W. Lance ?
H. Denby
C.H. Alcock
A.S. MacPhee

Platt Table of Contents | Platt Surnames | Platt Name List

There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years